I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying.

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

Women became almost our bigger audience. Teenage girls went crazy for my movie. I saw it. I went to theatres all over and there were gangs of girls going and screaming. There were kids that were 10 or 11 years old when September 11 happened. They've been told for years they're going to get killed, they're going to get blown up. Every time you go on an airplane, X-ray your shoes because you're going to get blown up. Terror alert orange, don't travel. So, people have a reaction and they want to scream. Horror movies have become the new date movie.

My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them.

I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging.

I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop.

Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.